...Anna V. Chatzi; Konstantinos A. Tasias Purpose Communication has long been identified as an integral element that defines healthcare's quality operations and patient safety. This study focuses on the patient and healthcare staff interaction during COVID-19 and the investigation of communication...

... their personal and family experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the national online survey, this study examines how different specificities of quarantine policies affected people’s post-COVID psychological distress levels in China, and how such effects were different for people in different...

...Emile du Plessis Purpose The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic upended societies across the world, with billions forced into lockdowns. As countries contemplated instating and rolling back lockdown measures, and considered the impact of pandemic fatigue on policy measures, and furthermore...

...Cathy Atkinson; Joanna Barrow; Paul Earnshaw Purpose To explore how motivational interviewing (MI) training might benefit the practice of COVID-19 contact tracers. Design/methodology/approach Following co-production of a MI training package, with a United Kingdom (UK) track and trace...

...Joanna Barbara Baluszek; Kolbjørn Kallesten Brønnick; Siri Wiig Purpose The purpose of this rapid review was to present current evidence on relations between resilience and self-efficacy among healthcare practitioners in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Literature...

... sector Covid-19 On one hand, pharmacies are leading in India’s healthcare expenditure (within healthcare providers), and on the other hand, expenses towards pharmacies are also the highest within the component of out-of-pocket expenditure of households. This warrants an investigation...

...Ali Oladimeji Shodunke; Sodiq Abiodun Oladipupo; Oluwadamisi Toluwalase Tayo-Ladega; Adebusayo Joel Alowolodu; Yusuf Olalekan Adebayo Purpose Given the efficacy of a robust public healthcare system in handling public health emergencies, the rapid rate of COVID-19 pandemic infection in early-hit...

...Ammielou Gaduena; Christopher Ed Caboverde; John Paul Flaminiano; Regina Yvette Romero Purpose This paper aims to explore empirically the interactions between the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, economic mobility and containment policy to test the effectiveness of mobility...

...Esra N. Kılcı Purpose This paper aims to analyze the convergence of the testing and positivity rates for the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on Germany and Italy. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ the two-regime threshold autoregressive (TAR) panel unit root test by using the weekly...

... be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Risk communication Risk communication strategies Pandemics Vulnerable groups Authorities COVID-19 Immigrants On January 30, 2020, the Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) agreed that the COVID-19...

... Pourghazian; Giuseppe Troisi; Juana Willumsen Purpose As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread across countries, it is becoming increasingly clear that the presence of pre-existing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) dramatically increases the risk of aggravation in persons who contract...

...Veli Durmuş Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the association between economic activity in a country, as measured by the gross domestic product (GDP) and the control of the COVID-19 pandemic outcomes, as measured by the rate of incidence and mortality increase per 100,000 population...

..., perceived behavioral control, perceived susceptibility and perceived severity on people's intention to follow the “Stay at Home” policy during COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected through an online survey with 148 respondents in the Greater Area of Jakarta, Indonesia...

...Manuel M. Dayrit; Ronald Umali Mendoza Purpose The control of particularly virulent communicable diseases such as COVID-19 can be considered a global public good. Unabated contagion, both within and across borders, can result in a global public bad. More effective control – such as by flattening...